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27 August, 2017

RPGaDay2017 #27

If this question is asking what minimum equipment have I found it necessary to have available in order to run an enjoyable and successful game, then the answer is short and simple.

At least one other imaginative player.

That's it.

I've run successful games for a single player. I've run successful games purely freeform, ad libbed, at conventions for paying players who wanted to come back and play again. I will admit that the first games (with a single player) did feature a lot of props, miniatures and the whole RPG experience, but I really think I could play a successful and fun game with no props, no system, no preconceived story and only a single player.

If the question is asking what I usually carry in my roleplaying kit as my typical gaming gear, then there's a bit more to add.

A couple of imaginative players

Some pencils and notepads

Then, slightly less essential...

Character details (whether on character sheets, index cards, or whatever)

Some food and drink, if we know we're going to be at this for a while

(At least one PDF or hardcopy of the game being run, and any randomisers associated with the game)

(Some figures and wooden blocks to replicate buildings/corridors/dungeon-walls/obstacles, if we're playing the kind of tactical gamer that might need it)

I usually go even further than this, but the listing provided is what I'd usually bring to a game.

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